- According to the MoH, 116 Palestinian were killed (incl. 39 children) and 350 people were injured (incl. 75 children) since 27 February.
- Five ambulances have been hit during the IDF actions in Gaza Strip as reported by the MoH.
- The MoH has issued referral documents for eleven urgent cases to be treated in Israeli hospitals. Seven of these patients are waiting for the Israeli permits to cross Erez Crossing. The remaining four patients are waiting for hospital appointments.
- A total of 39 patients have been referred to Egyptian hospitals on 2 March through the Rafah border crossing. Another 34 cases will be referred by the end of 3 March.
Health Facilities Update
The MoH hospitals continue to work within the declared state of emergency. The provision of some health services has been reduced due to the shortage of drugs, medical supplies, lab reagents; some medical equipment is no longer functioning.
The MoH has reported that urgently needed drugs (85 items), medical supplies (52 items) and lab reagents (24 items) are out of stock at MoH facilities.
Fuel/electricity supply
Gaza Strip, except Rafah district, is facing a daily electricity outage for an average of eight hours. The general shortage of fuel continues to be of concern in hospitals as they rely on emergency generators during electricity outage hours.
Fuel availability in MoH hospitals
Hospitals
|
Storage capacity
|
Available amount
|
Yosif Najar
|
16,800 litres
|
13,500 litres
|
Tal Sultan
|
7,000 litres
|
5,000 litres
|
Nasser
|
22,000 litres
|
6,000 litres
|
Gaza European
|
120,000 litres
|
17,000 litres
|
Aqsa Martyrs
|
16,700 litres
|
5,200 litres
|
Shifa
|
57,000 litres
|
11,400 litres
|
Gaza Paediatrics'
|
10,000 litres
|
2,500 litres
|
Dorah
|
6,400 litres
|
1,600 litres
|
Psychiatric
|
3,500 litres
|
900 litres
|
Kamal Edwan
|
9,500 litres
|
5,850 litres
|
Beit Hanun
|
8,100 litres
|
1,900 litres
|
The MoH vehicles are functioning as all of them have been refueled.
Health personnel
Health personnel have reported to their work places today after some of them have been redeployed to other health facilities according to the needs. Health personnel working in Beit Hanun and Kamal Edwan hospitals in Northern Gaza have reported to work normally after the curfew has been lifted.
Access to Health Care outside Gaza
Israeli Authorities allowed urgent and non-urgent cases to cross the Erez border into Israel during February and the first two days of March.
Patients crossed Erez from 27 February
to 2 March
Day | No. of patients crossed Erez crossing |
Wednesday, 27 Feb | 51 urgent and non urgent |
Thursday, 28 Feb | 24 urgent and non urgent |
Friday, 29 Feb | 5 urgent |
Saturday, 1 Mar | closed |
Sunday, 2 Mar | 36 urgent and non urgent |
Coordination and response
- Two coordination meetings were held in Gaza and Jerusalem on 3 March assessing needs and capacity of response.
- WHO has distributed to partner agencies in the health sector a matrix listing MoH urgent needs of drug, medical supplies, lab reagents, medical equipment and fuel.